Psychological distress and the risk of drug overdose death.

Background: Previous research has shown an association between psychological distress and overdose death among specific populations. However, few studies have examined this relationship in a large US population-based cohort.

Methods: Data from the 2010-2018 NHIS were linked to mortality data from the National Death Index through 2019.

Proposed ICD-10-CM Surveillance Case Definitions for Injury Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits.

This report describes a collaboration between the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control to develop proposed surveillance case definitions for injury hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits for use with administrative data sets coded using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM). The proposed ICD-10-CM surveillance case definitions were developed by applying General Equivalence Mappings to the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) definitions. As with the ICD-9-CM definitions, there are slight differences between the proposed ICD-10-CM surveillance case definition for injury hospitalizations and the one for ED visits.

Epidemiology of urban trauma deaths: a comprehensive reassessment 10 years later.

Background: We conducted a comprehensive analysis of the epidemiology of trauma deaths in our urban county during a one-year period a decade ago. In the interim we have implemented a statewide trauma system, initiated a number of injury-prevention programs, and have had a major public effort to reduce drug traffic and related gangs. Consequently, we have reassessed the regional trauma mortality to ascertain the impact of these measures and to search for new injury patterns.